More Vessels Authorized By House Group
The House Naval Committee urged legislation to let the Navy acquire 58 additional fleet auxiliary ships at about 350 million dollars, raising the total beyond the Navy request. The plan includes arming and mine protection gear, with aims to have ships by August 1. Concerns about steel shortages and wooden ships were raised during testimony.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Samuel M. Robinson
Bureau of Ships
Harold M. Stark
Naval Operations
Robinson
Navy
Maas
Minn
Izac
Mayer Tops Executive Pay With 697 049 From Loews
Louis B Mayer remained America's highest paid executive last year earning 697049 as Loews Inc manager for production. Eugene G Grace of Bethlehem Steel was second at 41844. George W Hill of American Tobacco 156514. Hunt Stromberg 33226 for Loews and Nicholas M Schenck 318881. Bing Crosby earned 150000 from Universal Pictures.
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Washington
Louis B. Mayer
America
Loew's, Inc
Securities Commission
Mayer
Loew's
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
George W. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Treasury
Hunt Stromberg
Nicholas M. Schenck
Bing Crosby
Universal Pictures
Thomasville Promoted Washington
War Department announced Grover Lee Hardison of Jamesville North Carolina and P W Jenkins of Thomesville accepted appointments as first lieutenants in the chaplain reserve.
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Washington
War Department
Grover Lee Hardison
Jamesville
N.C
P. W. Jenkins
Thomesville
Weed Growers Protest Tax Increases in Tobacco Plan
Three hundred tobacco growers crowded the House Ways and Means Committee room to oppose higher tobacco taxes. J. C. Lanier of Greenville NC demanded parity for all farmers and suggested taxing coffee tea and golf balls first. He cited veterans’ support for defense aid while warning tobacco imposts would hit hardest.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
J. C. Lanier
Greenville
N. C
Lanier
Congress
Treasury
Cigears
Defense Protests Delay In Sentence Of Italian Seamen
Wilson May 8 The defense objects to a suggested delay in sentencing ten Italians convicted in federal court of sabotage aboard the Villarperosa. Judge Meekins may order a mistrial for Capt Adriana Bersin and nine crew members. Assistant DA Rouse said Attorney General Jackson proposed delaying sentence for a few days, possibly until Monday, prompting defense urgency to proceed. The judge reserved decision, overruled a motion to set aside the verdict, and warned of a possible mistrial amid jury-argument conduct.
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Meekins
Homer L. Loomis
Florida
Britain
Willkie Still Open To Third Party In 1944 Visit
Washington dispatch reports Wendell Willkie, during a Capital visit, hinted he could head a third party in 1944 if major parties fail him. He criticized GOP opposition to F D Roosevelt's foreign policy while praising aspects of the New Deal and suggested a ticket combining features of both parties might win. He stirred hopes among friends of a Chicago style cross party effort.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
G. O. P.-ers
Congress
F. D. Rus
Willkie
Commonwealth & Southern
Direct Hits On Nazi Warships
London reports British air raids on Brest direct hits on the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau with heavy armor-piercing bombs. The attack also targeted St Nazaire submarine base, Bremen docks, Loire oil refineries, and Bergen shipping. Two planes were missing. claims follow earlier hits on the ships at Brest.
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London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
Air Ministry
St. Nazaire
Bremen
Loire River
Bergen
Norway
U S Farmers Can Meet Need
Charlotte May 1 The U S secretary of agriculture Claude R Wickard said agriculture is better prepared than any other industry to meet Britain and its allies needs. He declined to discuss convoy use and hinted he may address the topic at a regional meeting sponsored by the eastern central department of Agriculture Adjustment Administration. Wickard noted future shipments of food to Britain will continue though volumes are a military secret. The gathering is part of plans for the 1942 farm program.
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Charlotte
Claude R. Wickard
Great Britain
Wickard
Britain
East Central Department of Agriculture Adjustment Administration
United States
Nazi Raiders Pound British Transit Ports
Allied shipping facilities faced heavy damage as large bomber formations struck Liverpool Hull and other British ports in nighttime raids. Submarines and bombers sank nearly 42,000 tons in the North Atlantic and near England, with additional ships damaged. Waterworks at Tobruk reportedly hit and distilling plant destroyed. Nine British Spitfires were shot down. German losses included civilians killed and several bombers downed.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Liverpool
Hull
England
Hartlepopal
Middlesbrough
Bristol
Plymouth
High Command
North Atlantic
English
Atlantic
Tobruk
North Africa
Dover
Germany
Bremen
Wes Ferrell Released By Boston Braves
Boston Braves pitcher Wes Ferrell was released today after returning from a comeback season with two wins and one loss but failing to sustain recent form. President Bob Quinn announced the release in Boston.
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Wes Ferrell
Boston
Boston Braves
Bob Quinn
RAF Says 22 Nazi Planes Shot Down
RAF night fighters claimed a record by shooting down 22 German planes during nocturnal raids on British port areas. British sources cited additional RAF kills and over 300 bombers reportedly over Britain, amid daylight clashes over the English Channel.
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Manchester
Berlin
RAF
England
London
English Channel
Britain
Channel
Messerschmitt
Crops Aided by Snower's Crops Aided by Snower's
Raleigh May 8 Rain fell across central and eastern North Carolina boosting crops. A. B. Flatless says rains were general with Hatteras Wilmington Greensboro totals reported. Strawberry farmers and truck farmers benefited, aiding late crops and southeastern tobacco transplanting.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. B. Flatless
State Department of Agriculture
H. E. Wichiine
Weather Bureau
Hatteras
Wilmington
Greensboro
Carolina Power and Light Company
Charlotte
Canton
Harless
RAF Planes Bomb Baghdad and Attack Basra In New Air Campaign
British air forces reported raids across the Middle East and North Africa. Bombs hit a magazine at Washash near Baghdad and damaged railway property in Egypt as RAF patrols pressed actions in Habbaniyah Basra and Bengasi. Heavy raids targeted Berka Benina Derna while Axis convoy ships were hit. Ethiopian advance near Amba Alagi continued with new prisoners taken.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bazidad
Washash
Iraq
Royal Airforce
Sues Canal
Hanaidi
Bengasi
Berka
Benina
Derna
RAF
Bengali
Habbaniyah
Basra
Persian Gulf
Baghdad
Tobruk
Salam
North African Front
Ethiopia
Amba Alaji
Addis Ababa-Asmara
Land testimony on sunk ships disputed in convoy debate
Senator Bailey cited Admiral Land saying his report on British aid ship losses was misinterpreted and focused on ships officially reported sunk. Land maintains the report stands, while opponents press for a broader view of sinkings and intact aid deliveries amid the convoy controversy. Willkie and Nye spoke on opposite sides as Congress eyed a decisive vote.
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Washington
Bailey
D-Nc
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
England
Commission
United States
Senate Commerce Committee
Land
Bailed
Vandenberg
Mich
Pepper
Fla
Admiral Land
Wheeler
Mont
Congress
Berlin Awaits Diplomatic Report On Arrests
Berlin officials await a report from the German embassy in Washington before deciding on diplomatic steps regarding arrests of German sailors and newspapermen in the United States. A spokesman declined comment. Other notes describe Western speeches as empty, with Pepper and Willkie cited. Vichy negotiations loom with no comment from Berlin. In Juarez, a funeral procession caused a mistaken crowd reaction and a mayor fined a union secretary general for using a funeral cortege in a parade.
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Berlin
S—.P
Washington
United States
Pepper
Florida
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Foreign Office
Vichy
Sum
DNB
Dakar
Africa
Senegal
Juarez
Mexico
Cinco de Mayor
T. R. Borunda
Juarez Chauffeurs’ Union
Axis Captures New Positions Before Tobruk
Axis forces seized important positions before Tobruk Libya while inflicting heavy losses on British alongside a three day battle in Galla Sidamo western Ethiopia. Axis air offensives continued in the Mediterranean with raids on Malta and Tobruk bombardment noted by the high command. British Cairo reports suggested only slight penetration along a 2000 yard front and new British works being erected at Tobruk.
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Rome
Tobruk
Libya
Galla Sidamo
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Malta
Cairo
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